Exploring how the depiction of otherness or alterity during the Middle Ages became problematic in the aesthetics of the Romance epics written during the centuries of the Crusades, this book offers a vital contribution to the growing interest in the way foreign women are presented in the texts of the Latin West and will be of consuming interest to students in women's studies, cultural studies, and medieval literature.The texts considered are written in the major European languages of the time and range from the Song of Songs through Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria Nova to such epics and romances as Erec et Enide,Doon de Maience, Fierabras, La Prise d'Orange, Ars Versificatoria, The Sowdone of Babylone, and Parzifal.
| ISBN: | 9781138879508 |
| Publication date: | 23rd June 2015 |
| Author: | Jacqueline de Weever |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 291 pages |
| Series: | Garland Reference Library of the Humanities |
| Genres: |
Cognition and cognitive psychology Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology |
Exploring how the depiction of otherness or alterity during the Middle Ages became problematic in the aesthetics of the Romance epics written during the centuries of the Crusades, this book offers a vital contribution to the growing interest in the way foreign women are presented in the texts of the Latin West and will be of consuming interest to students in women's studies, cultural studies, and medieval literature.The texts considered are written in the major European languages of the time and range from the Song of Songs through Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria Nova to such epics and romances as Erec et Enide,Doon de Maience, Fierabras, La Prise d'Orange, Ars Versificatoria, The Sowdone of Babylone, and Parzifal.
Sheba's Daughters features in the following genres: Cognition and cognitive psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology
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Sheba's Daughters was written by Jacqueline de Weever and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sheba's Daughters has 291 pages
Yes it is part of Garland Reference Library of the Humanities series
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